Course detail

Physics - Waves, Sound, & Optics - High School & AP Physics

Master waves, sound, light, reflection, refraction, lenses, mirrors, interference, and optics in physics.

WavesAP Physics 2College Physics II

What you'll learn

Master the concepts of waves, sound, and optics.

About this unit

Waves and Optics

Master waves, sound, light, reflection, refraction, lenses, mirrors, interference, and optics in physics.

The outline below comes from the course curriculum and is here so you can see whether this unit matches what you are studying before opening Udemy.

Course curriculum

Waves4 lessons

Introduction
Wave Characteristics
Phase
Interference and Standing Waves

Sound2 lessons

Sound and Resonance
The Doppler Effect

Geometric Optics8 lessons

Plane Mirror Reflection
AP Physics Only - Plane Mirror Reflection Ray Diagram
AP Physics Only - Spherical Mirrors 1 - Introduction
AP Physics Only - Spherical Mirrors 2 - Cases 1-6
AP Physics Only - Spherical Mirrors 3 - Convex
Refraction
AP Physics Only - Thin Lens - Case Rules Intro
AP Physics Only - Thin Lens - Case Rules

Physical Optics5 lessons

AP Physics Only - Huygens, Diffraction, Double Slit Part 1
AP Physics Only - Huygens, Diffraction, Double Slit Part 2
AP Physics Only - Single Opening, Grating, Spectroscopy
AP Physics Only - Thin Film Interference, Polarization
AP Physics Only - Dispersion

Instructor

Corey Mousseau

Corey is a full-time physics teacher and the instructor for every course listed on this site.